The logician and the engineer. How George Boole and Claude Shannon created the information age

DOI10.1515/9781400844654MaRDI QIDQ3143373zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Paul J. Nahin

Publication date 30 November 2012

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400844654

zbMATH Keywords

Boolean algebraBoolean functionerror correctionquantum computingconditional probabilityTuring machineinformation entropyerror detectionlogic gatedigital circuitGeorge Booledigital computerKarnaugh mapbi-stable latchClaude Shannoncomputation and physics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Information theory (general) (94A15) Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Coding theorems (Shannon theory) (94A24) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to information and communication theory (94-01) History of information and communication theory (94-03)

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